Acting
William Shatner
Biography
William Shatner, OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1966 debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television series to his final appearance as Captain Kirk in the seventh Star Trek feature film, Star Trek Generations (1994). Shatner began his screen acting career in Canadian films and television productions before moving into guest-starring roles in various American television shows. He appeared as James Kirk in all the episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series, 21 of the 22 episodes of Star Trek: The Animated Series, and the first seven Star Trek movies. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences before, during and after his time in a Starfleet uniform. He has also co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe and a series of science fiction novels, the TekWar sequence, that were adapted for television. Outside Star Trek, Shatner played the eponymous veteran police sergeant in T. J. Hooker (1982–1986), hosted the reality-based television series Rescue 911 (1989–1996), guest starred on the detective series Columbo, and acted in the comedy film Miss Congeniality (2000). After his last appearance as Captain Kirk, Shatner's television career has embraced comedy, drama and reality shows. In seasons 4 and 5 of the NBC series 3rd Rock from the Sun, he played the alien "Big Giant Head", to which the main characters reported. From 2004 until 2008, he starred as attorney Denny Crane in the final season of the legal show The Practice and in its spinoff Boston Legal, a role that earned him two Emmy Awards, one for his contribution to each series. In 2016, 2017 and 2018, he starred in both seasons of NBC's Better Late Than Never, a comical travel series in which a band of elderly celebrities toured East Asia and Europe. Aside from acting, Shatner has had a career as a recording artist, beginning in 1968 with his album The Transformed Man. His cover versions of songs are dramatic recitations of their lyrics rather than musical performances: the most notable are his versions of the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man", and Elton John's "Rocket Man". His most successful album was his third, Seeking Major Tom (2011), which includes covers of Pink Floyd's "Learning to Fly", David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody". In 2021, Shatner flew into space aboard Blue Origin NS-18, a Blue Origin sub-orbital capsule. At age 90, he became the oldest person to fly in space and one of the first 600 to do so. Minutes after the flight, he described experiencing the overview effect.
Movies with William Shatner
Over the Hedge
2006
Miss Congeniality
2000
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979
The Wild
2006
Osmosis Jones
2001
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
Star Trek: Generations
1994
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
Fanboys
2009
Escape from Planet Earth
2013
Virtuosity
1995
Showtime
2002
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989
The Captains
2011
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
American Psycho II: All American Girl
2002
Fireheart
2022
Visiting Hours
1982
Corman's World
2011
The Brothers Karamazov
1958
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015
Batman vs. Two-Face
2017
The Pixar Story
2007
Being Canadian
2015
Big Bad Mama
1974
Trekkies
1997
Last Laugh '04
2004
765874: Unification
2024
The Devil’s Rain
1975
Last Laugh '05
2005
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
White Comanche
1968
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975
Devil's Revenge
2019
TekWar: TekJustice
1994
The Intruder
1962
A Sunday Horse
2016
Incubus
1966
Go Ask Alice
1973
TekWar: TekLab
1994
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Senior Moment
2021
To Your Last Death
2019
TekWar
1994
Horrorween
2012
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
1995
Star Trek Story
1996
Voices That Care
1991
Night of 100 Stars
1982
To Be Takei
2014
The Outrage
1964
Range 15
2016
For the Love of Spock
2016
Kingdom of the Spiders
1977
TekWar: TekLords
1994
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991
Get a Life!
2012
The Grim Reaper
1961
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
Sole Survivor
1970
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994
Lil' Pimp
2005
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
1990
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003
Impulse
1974
T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport
1986
Pioneer Woman
1973
A Christmas Horror Story
2015
Heroes Manufactured
2017
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998
Christmas in Hollywood
2003
Festival in Cannes
2001
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
1994
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
The Defender (Studio One)
1957
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Disaster on the Coastliner
1979
The Explosive Generation
1961
The Babysitter
1980
Falcon Down
2001
Shoot or Be Shot!
2002
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
Spplat Attack
2002
The People
1972
Groom Lake
2002
Free Enterprise
1998
A Carol Christmas
2003
Chaos on the Bridge
2014
Not a War Story
2017
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
2007
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
Dead Man's Island
1996
Creators: The Past
2020
Alexander The Great
1968
Land of the Free
1998
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
Perilous Voyage
1976
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
1988
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
1973
The Eagle Obsession
2025
The Truth Is in the Stars
2017
Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People
2016
Jefftowne
1997
The Steam Engines of Oz
2018
Nukes in Space
1999
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
The Tenth Level
1976
Tom Felton Meets the Superfans
2015
Broken Angel
1988
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Closing Ceremony
2010
The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.
1996
Gotta Catch Santa Claus
2008
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
2006
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1972
NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 3
2001
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
Oedipus Rex
1957
Aliens Ate My Homework
2018
Super Duper Bloopers
1986
40 Years of Star Trek
2006
The Christmas Tree
1958
The Andersonville Trial
1970
Operation Bikini
1963
A Whale of a Tale
1976
Pray for the Wildcats
1974
The Captains: Still Kicking
2013
Just in Time for Christmas
2015
Incident on a Dark Street
1973
Family of Strangers
1993
Remembering 'The Intruder'
2001
Shadow Game
1969
Mysteries of the Gods
1976
2021 and Done with Snoop Dogg & Kevin Hart
2021
The Kidnapping of the President
1980
Shatner in Space
2021
Merry F#%$in' Christmas
2005
Stalking Santa
2006
Sci-Fi Visionaries
2004
100 Years at the Movies
1994
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
Secrets of a Married Man
1984
The Space Shuttle
2011
Keeper of the Cup
Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen
2011
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
2001
William Shatner's Spplat Attack II
2003
Hollywood on Horses
1989
Amazon: Land of the Flooded Forest
1990
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
2009
Indict and Convict
1974
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
When Elephants Were Young
2016
Universe
1976
Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime
2001
Seasons
1987
Riel
1979
The Third Walker
1978
Microworld
1976
Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero
2000
The Rose Parade: A Pageant for the Ages
2004
The Canadian Conspiracy
1986
Hypnosis and Beyond
1980
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
1994
How William Shatner Changed the World
2005
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
2013
Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The Rivalry Continues
2002
Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations
1993
North Beach and Rawhide
1985
William Shatner: Captain's Log
1994
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
2010
Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
2004
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
1996
Whale Shark Hunters of the Philippines
2001
Life Beyond Trek: William Shatner
2011
NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 1
2001
A Tear in the Sky
2022
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002
The Star Trek Dream
1975
Full Moon's Roadshow Revisited
2023
Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown
1994
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
2014
Aliens Among Us with William Shatner
2024
The Twenty-Five Year Mission Tour
1992
William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill
2024
Return to the Forest
2013
Birth of a Timeless Legacy
2004
William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet
2009
City Out of Time
1959
Corwin
1996
They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé
2016
Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories
2011
NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 2
2001
The Butler's Night Off
1951
Hollywood Ghost Stories
1998
WWE Hall Of Fame 2020
2021
Land of No Return
1978
A Town Has Turned to Dust
1958
William Shatner in Concert
2006
The Colorful Montreal Expos
2016
TV Guide Looks at Science Fiction
1997
William Shatner Sings O Canada
2011
William Shatner's Mysteries of the Way We Feel
1986
The Atomic Bomb Collection
UFO Cover-Up Live with Larry King
1994
Expedition Unknown: Shark Trek
2021
TV Shows with William Shatner
Columbo
1971
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
The Daily Show
1996
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Raw
1993
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Star Trek
1966
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Psych
2006
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Saturday Night Live
1975
Futurama
1999
Mannix
1967
The Colbert Report
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
2010
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
The Big Bang Theory
2007
The Fugitive
1963
Murdoch Mysteries
2008
The View
1997
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Boston Legal
2004
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Practice
1997
Ironside
1967
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Hawaii Five-O
1968
The Twilight Zone
1959
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Mission: Impossible
1966
Private Eyes
2016
Hell's Kitchen
2005
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Climax!
1954
Hercules
1998
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
The Virginian
1962
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Talk
2010
Rookie Blue
2010
Hot in Cleveland
2010
Burke's Law
1963
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
Haven
2010
seaQuest DSV
1993
T. J. Hooker
1982
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Thriller
1960
The Big Valley
1965
The Defenders
1961
Have I Got News for You
1990
Dr. Kildare
1961
Police Woman
1974
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
One Step Beyond
1959
Good Day Live
2001
The F.B.I.
1965
Naked City
1958
Gunsmoke
1955
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Studio One
1948
Route 66
1960
The Rookies
1972
The Masked Singer
2019
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
The Oscars
1953
The Outer Limits
1963
Miss USA
1963
Outlaws
1960
Click
2000
Barnaby Jones
1973
The Reichen Show
2005
The Tony Danza Show
2004
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
The Name of the Game
1968
Omnibus
1952
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Dream On
1990
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
My Life Is Murder
2019
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Petrocelli
1974
The Shannara Chronicles
2016
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Muppets Tonight
1996
Police Story
1973
Fridays
1980
Best Week Ever
2004
The Sixth Sense
1972
Suspicion
1957
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
12 O'Clock High
1964
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Alcoa Premiere
1961
The UnXplained
2019
How the West Was Won
1977
Star Trek
1973
Arrest and Trial
1963
Eek! The Cat
1992
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Gotham Comedy Live
2012
Atomic Betty
2004
Comedy Central Roasts
2003
Hey Jonas!
2026
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
WWE Backstage
2019
Madame's Place
1982
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
2024
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
Comic Book Men
2012
The Dick Powell Show
1961
$#*! My Dad Says
2010
The Magician
1973
Perversions of Science
1997
CBS Playhouse
1966
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948
Police Squad!
1982
Rescue 911
1989
Space Cadets
1997
Star Trek: Short Treks
2018
Flick Flack
1974
The Annie Awards
2005
TekWar
1994
Shatner's Raw Nerve
2008
On Camera
1954
The Captains Close Up
2013
Barbary Coast
1975
The D-Con Chamber
2024
Television
1985
The Fran Drescher Show
2010
Festival
1960
The Henry Rollins Show
2006
Chilly Beach
2003
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
The Oregon Trail
1977
The Bastard
1978
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Channing
1963
Bob Patterson
2001
Better Late Than Never
2016
Kodiak
1974
Vanished
1971
Little Women
1978
After They Were Famous
2002
The Indian Detective
2017
Piers Morgan Uncensored
2022
The UnXplained: Mysteries of the Universe
2024
Inner Space
The UnXplained Special Presentation
2023
Mars Rising
2007
Stars on Mars
2023
Everest
2008
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Amy Prentiss
1974
William Shatner's Weird or What?
2010
Million Dollar Password
2008
Kung Fu
1972
Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed
2016
Police Surgeon
1960
For the People
1965
Testimony of Two Men
1977
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Roddenberry Vault
2016
A Twist in the Tale
1999
Space Command
1953
Off to See the Wizard
1967
Invasion Iowa
2005
Reporter
1964
Cosmic Odyssey
2002
Extraordinary Animals
2008
Gottschalk Late Night
1992
Show Me the Money
2006
Science Fiction Film Awards
One-Hit Wonders
2002
Aftermath with William Shatner
2010
Prime Times
1983
WWE Breaking Ground
2015
General Motors Theatre
1952